Hayrack



April 28, 1925. 1,535,965

E. TQBIAS n HAYRACK `Fild March 5, 1924 Patented Apr. 28, 1923,

UNITED `STATES EDVARD TOBIAS, OF PRESCOTT, 'WISCONSIN'.

1 i 4 i l HAYRACK.

Application filed March 3, 1924.

To all Lv/1,0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDVARD Tomas, a citizen of the United States, residing at Prescotti, in the county'of Pierce and State of vWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I'Iayrackaof which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to hay racks and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed. i

An object ofthe invention is to provide a hay rack structure including a frame mountedupon converging beams adapted to lie transversely of the front and rear bclsters of the running gear of the wagon. At the rear bolster, the beams fit snugly between the stakes and at the front bolster, the beams are spaced from the stakes thereby providing ample clearance space for the forward wheels to swing without coming in contact with the said beams.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a top plan view of the hay rack.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective `view of the spacing means used upon the beams ofthe rack.

.as illustrated in tbe accompanying drawing, the rear bolster of the wagon running gear is indicated at 1 and the front bolster at 2. These bolsters are provided at their end portions with the usual upstanding stakes 3. rlhe rack comprises beams 4l; which are disposed transversely across the intermediate portions of the bolsters 1 and 2. The beams 4t converge toward cach other from their rear ends toward their uiorward ends. A frame 5 is mounted upon the beams fl. At their rear portions, the beams 4L. fit snugly between the stakes 3 which are carried by the rear bolster l and at their for- Serial No. 696,558.

ward end portions, the beamsl: are spaced from the stakes 3 which are carried upon the bolster 2. Spacing members 6 are Inount ed upon the outer surfaces of the forward portions of the beams l and are adaptedto receive the inner portions of the stakes 3 which are carried by the bolster 2. Each spacing member includes a pair of plates 7 having intermediate parallel `portions riveted together as at 8, and angularly disposed flange portions 9 which are secured to the beams t. The plates are provided at their outer ends with clip or socket portions -10 adapted to receive the inner portions of the stakes 3 which are carried by the bolster 2.

By such an arrangement, it is obvious that ample space is provided between the beams t and the forward wheels ofthe ruiming gear of the wagon to permit the said wheels to turn without coming in contact with the bea-ms Il. Thus the hay rack may be used upon a wagon running gear, and the ruiming gear may make comparativelyshort turns.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a hay rack, a spacing member adapted EDVARD TOBIAS. 

